Ribbon-holder



(No Model.)

J. V. RISSER.

RIBBUN HOLDER.

. Patented Jam*l 4, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEiCE.

JAOOB V. RISSER, OF ATTICA, OHIO.

RIBBON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 596,621, dated January 4, 1898.

Application filed April 25, 1896.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB V. RISSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attica, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Ribbon- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ribbon-holders; and the object in View is to` provide a device of this character which may be manufactured at minimum cost, which may be applied readily and quickly to a bolt or spool of ribbon, and which will effectually prevent the unwinding of the ribbon therefrom.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to construct a ribbon-holder of such form that in the event of theribbon becoming disengaged from the holder it will not be necessary to thread the ribbon endwise beneath, under, and through the holder, the latter being of such form that the ribbon while grasped between the thumb and forefinger may be moved laterally beneath and into engagement with the holder, thus greatly facilitating the readjustment of the ribbon to the bolt.

To this end the invention consists in an improved ribbon-holderconstructed substantially in the manner hereinafter fully. de-

scribed, illustrated in the drawings, and em-A bodied in the claim hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a bolt of ribbon, showing` the improved holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder per se. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the initial movement in threading the ribbon under theholder.A Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the ribbonl threaded beneath one arm of the holder and ready to be passed under the other arm. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the threading completed.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a bolt of ribbon, the same being wound upon a spool 2 and wound thereon simultaneously with a strip of paper 3 in the ordinary manner, said paper serving the usual function of protecting the ribbon and pre- Serial No. 589,109. (No model.)

venting injury thereto which would ensue `were the ribbon wound upon itself only.

The improved holder is constructed from a single piece of wire and comprises a main body or anchor portion 4, wl1ich passes under several of the outer thicknesses or coils of the ribbon and paper. At each end this body port-ion is'recurved,as indicated at 5, and the terminals of the wire are then extended inward to the proximal center of the body portion l. These terminal portions are deflected toward the plane of the body Il, thus constituting spring-arms 6, and the extremities of these spring-arms are looped or curved, as indicated at 7, to form rounded bearing-surfaces which press against the outer layer of ribbon and prevent the unwinding of the same. .These looped ends 7 also provide iinger-holds to be grasped or engaged by the linger and thumb of the handwhen it is' required to move the spring-arms of the holder for any purpose and extend outwardly from the arms to provide a space of maximum width between their free ends. The springarms 6 are spaced apart from each other at their termini and are extended in substan- ,tially parallel planes and obliquely to the body or anchor portion thereof.

The object in spacing the spring-arms 6 apart is to enable the ribbon to be passed through between the same in the act of threading the same under the arms of the holder. Should the end of the ribbon escape from the holder, it is grasped between the thumb and forefinger and moved laterally until the edge of the ribbon can be introduced under the extremity of the inner arm. The ribbon is 'now moved laterally in the reverse `direction and under the inner arm until the opposite edge of the ribbon Acan be passed under the extremity of the outerspring-arm, after which the ribbon is again moved laterally and brought to amedial position, when it is ready to place in the show-case or to unreel.

For facilitating the measuring of the ribbon and saving time the paper 3 is provided throughout with a scale representing yards and fractions of yards, the same being represented upon the outer surface of the paper by means of lines and with the aid of designating-numerals or other characters. The

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paper and ribbon are simultaneously grasped vbetween the thumb and forenger and drawn outward from beneath the holder until the desired number of yards have been unreeled, When both the paper and the ribbon may be severed at the desired point outside of the holder. This not only saves time in selling the ribbon and measuring off the same, but

it greatly facilitates the taking of an invoicel of the stock, as the number of yards remainy ing in the bolt may be immediately ascertained by noting the printed number of yards on the paper 3.

The ribbon-holder described is extremely simple and inexpensive and Will be found of great convenience in the handling of ribbon A holder for rolls or bolts of ribbon constructed substantially as shown, and formed of a Wire blank adapted to pass transversely through a number of Winds of the ribbon and having its end portions bent back upon itself to extend over the ribbon and exert an in- Ward pressure thereon, the bent-end portions being parallel and extending obliquely to the intermediate portion and terminating at a point intermediate the ends of the holder, and having the terminals formed into loops projecting in opposite directions and at right angles to the plane of the holder, said loops being spaced apart to admit of the ribbon being readily passed between them by the lateral spread of the bent ends of the Wire blank, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JACOB V. RISSER.

Witnesses:

LESTER SUTTON, CHAs. C. SUTTON. 

